The Great Vi Controversy

[T. William Wells]

In article <49631 at oliveb.olivetti.com> swirsky at olivee.olivetti.com (Robert Swirsky) writes:
: > A number of people pointed out that the vi manual says vee-eye is correct.
:
: Perhaps a better way to tell a wizard is from the way he/she pronounces
: "gigabyte." If a person pronounces it with a *soft* "g" (as in gigantic)
: that person knows what he/she's talking about.
:
: Every dictionary in the universe says that a soft g is preferred/correct.

Not true. Webster's Ninth Collegiate says that the giga- prefix
is pronounced both ways.

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